The Beginning Ain't the Whole Story

Every year we celebrate lots of beginnings. Birthdays, anniversaries, Independence Day, even Christmas is about a beginning. But all of these things are just the start of the story, not the entire thing. At Christmas we celebrate the birth of Jesus, but let’s not forget the other important points. His life, death for our sins, and resurrection for our salvation. No matter where you are in life, this is the important part of the story. Even though we’ve already finished that celebration we should always be remembering to live in the Truth of the rest of the story all year.

What’s the rest of YOUR story? It doesn’t matter where you began, or where you are. You can control where you go. Now we don’t control everything in the universe, but we control a lot of our own lives. Whether or not you began in a great way or in a humble way, the great thing in life is that you get most of the reigns to decide where the rest of story goes. You can’t do anything about the past, but you can certainly effect the future. What are you doing about it? How are you writing your own story? Don’t let the beginning be all that you concentrate on.

There’s a ton of controversy in the physical training world about how to best achieve any particular goal be it strength, health, endurance, etc. I don’t know everything… well most things… Ha-ha… but I do know this: If you aren’t actively working towards something that you want, you aint likely to get it. If you want strength, but you aren’t actively lifting heavy guess what? It aint comin’. Nobody is going to FedEx it to you like you won the lottery. If you want endurance, training for everything but that and hoping that it will somehow show up on its own won’t get you there. This applies throughout life. If you want to get smarter you’d better be reading. You want to make more money? You’d better have a plan and be executing it. You want to be happier? You’d better pray and you’d better treat people with kindness.

When you think of the story of your life, think of everything you want in it. Then ACT as if it’s there. The action of living as if you’ve achieved and with the confidence that you will, places you in the mindset that you can get it done. Set your mind as if you’re already there and follow it up with actions, real work to achieve your goals. This is a new year. Take a fresh hold on the direction of your life and write the rest of the story.